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Dorsey Family Cemetery/Home Depot Cemetery (Annapolis)
(Anne Arundel)
Defense Hwy.
Annapolis, MD 21401
The cemetery is located south of Route 450 (Defense Hwy.) in the parking lot of The Home Depot. It is located on the west side of the parking lot within a 2-tiered U-shaped area with bushes on each tier. 
It is thought that these are members of the Dorsey family.
There are no gravestones or markers at this location. 
The Capital newspaper, April 7, 1994 entitled “18th-century coffin may be at Parole building site”
The Capital newspaper, April 20, 1994 “Old farm gives up secrets” 
A brick enclosure dates to the mid-18th century. 
Crownsville Cemeteries, Emily Holland Peake, 2002, p. 15
Directory of Maryland Burial Grounds, the Genealogical Council of Maryland, 1996, p. 11, 64.